North Pointe News
March 4, 2018
School Improvement Council Meeting
It's National School Breakfast Week!
March 5-9 is National School Breakfast Week! Everyone is welcome to come have a healthy breakfast with us to start your day off. Mrs. Joy will have prizes and drawings all week long for the students who eat breakfast! The class that has the highest breakfast participation for the week will get cookies at lunch time one day the following week. LOTS of trays throughout breakfast each day will be labeled as a prize winner…they can pick from Mrs. Joy's prize basket! Drawing for 2 Grand Prize Winners each day for the ones who eat breakfast. Educational shortbread cookie snacks will be given out every day to everyone who eats breakfast! NSBW pencils will be given out through the week as well!
Below is the breakfast menu for this week:
Monday- Muffins or assorted cereal & toast w/jelly, diced peaches, 100% fruit juice and assorted milk.
Tuesday-Chicken biscuit or assorted cereal & toast w/jelly, pineapple tidbits, 100% fruit juice and assorted milk.
Wednesday-Pancake pup w/syrup, assorted cereal & toast w/jelly, fruit cocktail, 100% fruit juice and assorted milk.
Thursday-Cheese toast & grits or assorted cereal & cheese toast, strawberries, 100% fruit juice and assorted milk.
Friday-Scrambled eggs & muffin or assorted cereal & toast w/jelly, diced pears, 100% fruit juice and assorted milk.
"Stop the Bleed" Training
Increased Safety Protocol
- Every person who enters the front office will be spoken to on the intercom system before entering.
- All parents or visitors who want to enter the building must sign in with our Lobby Guard system after speaking with front office staff.
- Parents will not be allowed to visit classrooms without speaking with myself or Mr. Cobbs first.
- Every parent who needs to pick up a student must present identification.
We are working with the district office and the Sheriff's Office to identify other measures we can take to improve the safety of our students. On Monday, Feb. 19th our staff went through Active Assailant Training with members of the Sheriff's department.
If you have questions or concerns, please let us know.
PTO Board Nominations
From Kerri Myers, PTO President:
As we are all preparing for the final months of this school year, the PTO is planning for the 2018-2019 school year. Please find attached, a list of open board positions for the coming year. A brief description of each is included. I am also happy to discuss them in more detail with you. Please consider where you can serve next year and nominate yourself by emailing your name, phone number and position(s) you are interested in to northpointepto@yahoo.com. Nomination deadline is Friday, March 16th.
Thank you!
Upcoming Events
March 8th: PTO Board Meeting @ 8:15 am
Spring Picture Day
March 13-14th: MAP Testing for grades 3-5
March 15th: Kindergarten Registration
March 16th: No school for students
Time for Kids
It's that "Time" again! :) Our annual Time for Kids FREE fundraiser is this week! This allows for every child in our school to receive a free yearly subscription to Time for Kids. Time for Kids is a weekly magazine featuring current event stories and geographical information from around the world. Please see the attached flyer and link below for more information. We appreciate your participation!